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Neurons

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Allow communication throughout nervous system and body.

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Neurotransmitters

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pass from one synapse from to another. emotions and behavior are influenced

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Cell body

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energy is generated and info is collected for transmission to other neurons.

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Synaptic receptors

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embedded in the membranes of dendrites to receive chemical messages from the terminal of other neurons

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Dendrites

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receive chemical messages from other neurons.

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Terminal

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Chemical communications are sent out to other neurons here.

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Axon

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conveys info from the cell body to other neurons within the nervous system

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Myelin Sheath

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Speeds the transmission of neural impulses

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Nucleus

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Energy for cell is generated and waste products are eliminated.

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Central Nervous System

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Organizes and interprets the information from peripheral nervous system. Sends commands back to take actions

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Brain

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control system

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Spinal cord

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Relays messages to and from brain

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Peripheral Nervous system

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Connects the spinal cord to the body

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Autonomic Nervous System

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Controls involuntary actions

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Parasympathetic Nervous system

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Returns body to resting state after arousal

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Sympathetic Nervous system

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Arouses body to prepare for actions

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Somatic Nervous System

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Regulates voluntary motor actions

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Forebrain

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seat of thought, memory, decisions, planning, personality and emotion

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Midbrain

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Conveys visual and auditory information from spine to forebrain

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Hindbrain

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Controls bodily functions vital to life; contributes to regulation of sleep/
wakefullness

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corpus callosum

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connect left and right hemispheres of the brain

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limbic system

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regulate mood, emotion, memory and basic desires like thirst and hunger

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Thalamus

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gateway to higher functions

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cerebral cortex

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4 lobes. interprets sensory information, controls voluntary movement, home of higher cognitive processes.

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occipital lobe

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processes visual information

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parietal lobe

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processes sensations of heat, cold, pain and informs placement of limbs

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Temporal lobe

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Processes auditory information

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Frontal lobe

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primary motor complex. deliberate movements are planned.

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Endocrine system

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System of glands and hormones they produce

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behavioral neuroscience

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studies the neural basis of behavior. Study the entire nervous system, not just brain

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cognitive neuroscience

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Focuses on the human brain to reveal the neural basis of cognition and emotion.

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gene-environment correlation

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When a person’s environment is correlated with their genotype.

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Active gene-environment correlation

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When a person actively seeks out particular kind of environment

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Reactive gene-environment correlation

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When an individual reacts to their child in a way that creates a correlated environment

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